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The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans did not consider the Alien and Sedition Acts, enacted during Adams' administration, to be constitutional. Jefferson and Madison advocated states' rights in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. John C. Calhoun's Theory of Nullification, the South's justification for declaring independence from the US, also advocates states' rights. The argument of the States' Rights theory is that the Constitution is a compact between states, not between people. The states created the national government and gave it only limited power. States' Rights supporters believe that the state is closest to the citizen and can better reflect their wishes. Jefferson argued that the states have the right to declare an act of congress void.

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